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Atlanta University 



ATLflNTH UNIVERSITY. 





KNOWLES BUILDING SOI TH HALL. STONE H.\LL. NORTH HALL. 

Knowles Building. — For the Mechanical Training of boys. 

South Hall. — Dormitory of tlie boys, with scliool-rooms of the Grammar Course. 

Stone Hall. — For College and Normal Courses, with Offices, Chapel, Library, and 
Laboratory. 

North Hall. — Dormitory of the girls, with rooms for their Industrial Training, and school 
rooms of the Primary Course. 



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PHOTOGRAVURES 



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ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, 

ATLANTA, GEORGIA. 



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COPYRIGHT 1890 : 
HORACE BUMSTEAD. 



}t{h1S little volurqe coritair\s sixteen plriotogravure represer\tatior\s of tl:\e l^ead-raqd- 
]\ar\d trailing giveri to six tiUqdred of tl\e Freedn\er\'s soris and daUgtiters ir, 
Htlanta University, togettier -ivitn sorqe appropriate selections, in prose and verse, 
frorq t]:|e -writings of standard atltl^ors. 



THE BENCH ROOiVL, 

TT is ttie privilege of ariy t\Urqar| "WorK tliat is "Well dor^e to ir[vest tlye doer ^itl\ a 
certain l\aUgl)tiriess. He car\ "Well afford r|Ot to coriciliate, -Wijose faittiful -WorK 
■Will ar\s-Wer for l:\irq, Ti\e ii|ec]:iai\ic at t\is bericl\ carries a quiet l\eart ar\d assured 
ir|ar)r|ers, ar|d deals or\ ever\ terir|s -witlri i]qer\ of aqy cor\ditiori, 

RHLPH WHLDO EMERSON, 



THE LHTHE ROOM, 

N ttie elder days of art 

Builders -Wroiigt\t Witt) greatest care 
Eact) rqir|Ute ar\d Uqseeri part ; 

For tl\e gods see everyWijere. 

HENRY W, LOKGFELLOW. 



THE SPECIMEN ROOxVL. 

)RE ttje tools -witlr^GUt, ■Wlr[ic]:\ t]:\e carper\ter puts fort]r\ t^is Iriaiqds to, or are t]-iey 

ar\d all tlrie carpentry -wittiiri l:\in:\self ; ai\d "Would l)e r\ot srqile at ttje qotioii tl^at 

ctiest or l:\oUse is iqore tl\aT[ t^e? 

CYRUS R. BJIRTOL. 



)T\HE lad IS tlrie product. 
-1- WILLIRM GILLIES. 



THE FORGE ROOM, 

)t(hUS at th^e flaiqirig forge of life 
Oiir fortunes rqiist be Vroilglrit ; 
T]:\Us ori its soiIridir\g aqvil slriaped 
Eacti burr\ir\g deed ar|d t]:\oUg]:\t. 



CA)S great Pyttiagoras of yore 

-^^ Star\dir\g beside ti^e blacKsrqitli's door, 
RT[d tjearirig t]:|e ]:\air[rr|ers, as tb[ey srqote 
Tiie aqvils vJitl\ a different riote, 
Stole frorq tl\e Varying toqes tt|at IjUrig 
Vibraqt or\ every iror\ tor\gUe 
Tlrie secret of tl:\e sour\dir[g -Wire, 
Rr[d forn\ed t]:\e severi-cl\orded lyre. 

HENRY W. LONGFELLOW 



THE DRAUGHTING ROOM, 

F ar\ arcttitect does- l)is "Wor^irig dra^Wirig -well, -We praise l:|irq for ijis iqariipUlatiori — 

if lie Keeps closely -witliiri l\is cor|tract, -we praise i^iiii for t^is tior^est aritlirqetic — 

if 1-ie looKs "Well to ttie layirig of l:\is bearqs, so tl^at r\obody sl^all drop t]:\roiiglri tt^e 

floor, ^e praise ]:\irq for Iriis observation. 

JOHN RUSKIN. 



THE MflCHmE ROOM. 

MPORT irito ar^y stationai-y district, as irito ar[ old Dutcli population ir] Ne\^ Yor^ 
or Peimsylvariia, or aii|or\g tl^e planters of Yirgir|ia, a colony of tiardy YaT\Xees, 
Vitl) seetlriiiig braii\s, tieads full of steani ]:\arqir|er, pulley, crariX, ar\d toott\ed vl:\eel 
— arid everyt]r[iqg begirds to stjirie -wit]:\ \alUes. 

RfiLPH WiiLDO EMERSON, 



THE PRINTIRG OFFICE. 

URS is tlrie "art preservative of all arts," aqd it staqds at ttie l:\ead of all. Every 
craft is l\or[orable if it is Useful, but ttie prir\tir\g craft is tt^at -Wl^icl:! tal^es l\old 
of tt|e n\iT\d ar|d ir\tellect ar^d soul. It is t]:\e po^er to rqove t]:\e "World, ar\d it is 
rqoviqg it. Sorr|e or[e tias -Wittily said tl\at tl:\e greatest staqd iq bel\alf of civiliza- 
tiori is tl^e ir\l^starid, but I Would add tl\at it is tl\e printer's star\d, Witl\ a Well- 
assorted case, ar\d a corqpositor at tlr^at case witti active braiqs ar\d active l^arids 
puttirig 

" Thoughts that breathe and words that burn" 

irito type to l^elp ttje age oriward aqd Upward. 

MILLIRM LLOYD GARRISON. 



THE SEWING-CLflSS ROOM, 

(a) needle, tt|OUg]:| it be but siqall ar\d sleijder, 
Yet it is botl\ a rr[aXer ar\d a rqerider, 
R grave reforrqer of old rer\ts decayed, 
Stops tjoles ar\d searqs aqd desperate reqis displayed. 

JOHN TAYLOR, 



f EEDLEWORK, th^e rqost effective sedative ar|d grar^d sootljer arid corqposer of 
■worqari's distress, 



MHRY RUSSELL MITFORD. 



OEWING is niy staple article of corr|ii\erce -Witti ttie tiard trader Tiii\e 



GEORGE ELIOT. 



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THE COOKING-CLflSS ROOM, 

be a good cooK iqearis tt^e Knowledge of all fruits, t^erbs, balrqs, aqd spices ; 

ai\d of all tlriat is sv^'eet ir| fields ar\d groVes, savory ir\ n\eats. It n\ear[S care- 

fulr\ess, iriVeritiveqess, ^atctifulriess, \Jillir\griess, ar\d readir\ess of appliance, It 

if|ear\s tl:\e ecorioii\y of your great-grar[dii\ot]:\ers ar\d tl\e scier|ce of rrioderr\ cl\eT!\- 

ists ; it rqearis rqucti tastirig ar\d r\o -wastiiig ; it rqear[S Eriglisli tlioroUgliriess, Frer\cl:i 

art, ar\d ilrabiar\ l:\ospitality; it n:\ear\s, ir\ fiqe, tt^at you are to be perfectly arid 

alv^ays ladies (loaf givers), ar\d you are to see tl^at everybody l^as soii\etl\irig riice 

to eat. 

JOHN RUSKIN. 



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THE DINING-ROOM 

HilT tl|o' or| l:\airiely fare "We dirie, 

Wear' l\odderi grey ar[d a' tl\at ; 
Gie fools t]:\eir silKs, ar\d K^aVes ttteir ^i^iqe, 

R rqai\'s a rqar) for a' tl^at. 

ROBERT BURNS. 



/T\0 coriforiq tl^e regirqeri of tl^e r[Ursery ax[d tt^e scl\ool to t]:\e establis]:\ed trut]:\s of 
rqoderr\ science — t]:|is is tl:\e desideratUrq. It is tirqe tt^at ttje beriefits -wliicli our 
stieep ar|d oxer) l\aVe for years past derived frorq tl:\e ir\Vestigatioris of tl:\e labora- 
tory stiould be participated ir\ by oiir c]:\ildrer|. 

HERBERT SPENCER. 



THE DISH-WflSHING ROOiVL. 

T s]:\0Uld be Voniari's office to rqoVe ir\ tlrie rqidst of practical affairs, ar\d to gild 
ttierq all, ttie very tiorqeliest, ^ere it ever| tl^e scourir\g of pots arid l^ettles, "Witti 
ar\ atiT[Ospl)ere of loveliness ar|d joy. 

NflTHflNIEIv HAWTHORNE. 



THE NORiVLflL SCHOOL ROOM. 

TT is a pity tlr^at, coir|rqor\ly, ii|ore care is t^ad, yea, ar^d tl[at aii\orig very -wise nr^eq, 

to fir]d out ratl^er a ctlr|riirig n\ar[ for tl^eir l\orse, t]\ar\ a culling n\ar\ for tl^eir 

driildrei], * « s por to tt\e orie tl^ey ^ill gladly give a stiperid of t>^o l\Uridred 

crdv^ris by year, ai\d lotl^ to offer to ttie ottier two tiur^dred sliillirigs, God tl^at 

sittetti iri t\eaveri laUg]:\et]:\ tl^eir clrioice to scori), ar\d re-Wardetlj tlr^eir liberality as it 

stioUld; for Ir^e silfferet]:\ tlierq to liaVe tanje aqd -Well-ordered l^orse, but Wild a^d 

unforturiate ctiildrer). 

ROGER RSCERK. 



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R COLLEGE RECITHTION ROOiVL, 

HE relation -wliicti colleges bear to tl\e corqir|UT\ity is little less tt\ari ttiat -wtiicl:! 

t]:\e brair\ bears to tl\e body. It is r|ot er\oUgl\ to say ttiat " Xilo-SA)ledge is 

'po\JeT." Ir\ our tirqes, K;r|ovJledge is goverr[ir|erit. 

HORACE ffiHNN, 



THE PHYSICAL AND CHEiVLICHL LflBORHTORY, 

NDUCTIVE eriquiry requires patierit iridilstry, aqd ari l|Urqble aqd cor\scier\tioUs 
acceptar\ce of iA)]r\at r\aWre reveals. Tt^e first coriditior\ of success is ar\ l:\or\est 
receptivity ar[d a \iiillir\gr\ess to abar\doi| all precoriceiVed r\otior\s, l\o^ever cl\er- 
isl\ed, if tl|ey be fourid to coritradict tlrje trutti. Believe ii|e, a self-reriUr\ciatiori 
-wl\icl\ l\as soix|etl\ir\g r[0ble iri it, ar\d of \^l|icl\ tl\e -world r\ever Jr^ears, is oftei) 
eriacted ir\ tl^e private experience of tl:\e true votary of scier\ce. 

JOHN TYNDflLL. 



THE LIBRHRY, 

TF -we tl^iriK of it, all tt^at a University, or fir\al ]r[igl\est scl\ool car\ do for us, is still 
but -wtiat tl\e first scl\ool begar[ d.oii\g, — teac]\ Us to read, 

THOMAS CflRLYLE. 



~\ /TEHNTIME tt^e colleges, -wtiilst tl^ey provide us vJitl\ libraries, furriisl\ rjo professor 
J of booKs; ar|d I ttiir\K qo'ctiair is so ii\Uc]:\ -Warited. 



RULPH WfllvDO EMERSON. 



Q(OiVLE booKs are to be tasted, ottiers to be s^allo-Wed, arid soiqe fe-w to be clie-wed 

FRANCIS BflCON. 



^^ ar|d digested. 



THE CHflPEL. 

T ET Vairi or busy tlr^ouglits liave tt^ere rio part; 

\ Bririg r\ot ttiy ploUgti, tt^y plots, tl^y pleasures tl\itl\er. 
Clirist purged t^is terqple ; so ir[Ust tl:\oU ttiy tieart. 

GEORGE HERBERT, 



JAOLLOW -Witti reverer\t steps tl|e great exarqple 
Of Hirq iA)]:\ose t)oly "WorK "Was doir\g good; 
So 3l\all tlie -Wide eartti seerq our Fatlier's terqple, 
Eacti lovirig life a psalrq of gratitude. 

JOHN G. WHITTIER. 



rriHE foregoir\g illustratioris aiford or\ly a glirqpse of tt^e "Worl^ doqe by fltlaiita 
Ur[iV8r3ity. Tl-\e iri3titutior| gives iristrUctioq iri every grade of study, frorq Vcye 
loviest class ir| tlrie prirqary scl^ool to ttie l:)igt\est class iq college. It accoiripar|ies 
its ir\structior| \^)itl\ a traiqiiig of tl\e tiaqd iri tt\e fuqdan:|er|tal pririciples of -Various 
trades ar[d iridustries. It builds Up nqoral arjd religious ctjaracter iP; ari earqestly 
Cliristiari but strictly Urisectariarj spirit. It ssel^s to develop a self-reliar\t arjd 
self-sacrificir\g rqar)l\ood aqd ^oi]:|ar[t[Ood iq ttiose \JY\o are to be fqe leaders of 
eig]:\t ii|illioris of our people. 

T]:\e Uritversity t^as beeq iq operatiori tWerity years, Uqder a Board of Trustees 
lioldirig a ctiarter froii\ tl^e State of Georgia. It] tt^e last sixteeq years, it Ijas 
ser\t out two l^uridred graduates frorq its Norrqal ar[d College courses. Of tl)ose 
qov living, seventy per ceqt are at present engaged iq teaclriirig ; "Wliile, iq tl\e 
rerqaiqiqg tl\irty per ceqt, are to be fouqd successful rqiqisters, lavJyers, doctors 
ar\d bUsiqess rqeq, togetl\er -Witt) a qurqber of iqarried voiqeq -wl)o are traiqiqg 



tt^eir c]:\ildreri iq refiqed ar\d Cl:\ristiar\ t\on\es of tl~ieir o'Wq. Huridreds of past urider ■ 
graduates are also doir\g sirqilar ■worK; vJ^iile, of tl:\e six l^uqdred preseqt liqdergrad - 
uates, as rqar^y as two t\Ui:\dred teacl:\ Vacatior\ scl^ools every surr[rr\er, ar\d reacl:\ a- 
rqariy as ter| t]:\oUsar\d c]:\ildrer\. T\\ilB t]\e leaVer|ir|g ir\flUer\ce of tt\e Uqiversity is 
spread over Georgia ar\d siirrouridir\g States. 

Tl^e er\tire current exper^ses of tlr^e Ur|iversity are about $36,000 a year — qot a 
large sUit\ W]-ier\ tl\e arqourit ar\d quality of tt\e "WorK are corisidered. Of tlits sUn\, th,e 
studerits tl|en:\selves pay ir| cast] r\early or\e-t]:\ird — a large proportiori as coiT\parea 
witl] t]:|e proportion of exper\se borr\e by studerjts it) niariy Nortl^erq ■colleges. TY]e 
iqcorqe fron| $30,000 of ir\Vested fuqds, -Witli a few rqiscellarieous reVeriues, brings tl^e 
assured ir[coir[e of tlr^e Ur\iversity Up to about or|e-l\alf of its expenses. For tl^e 
rerr|air]ir|g t^alf ($18,000) it is depeqderit or[ tl:\e armUal doriatior\s of its frier\ds. 

R rqajority of tl^e students pay ir^ full tt^e cl^arqes for board ($9 a rqoritt)), arid 
for tuitiori ($1 a iqoritl-i), botl\ of wtiict) are below cost R lirqited riUrqber of studerit.- 



qeed to be aided to n\eet tt^ese cl\ara,es. Forty dollars or less -Will supplerqer^t tl^e 
resources of alrqost ariy self-reliar|t student, so as to cover a year's exper\ses at tl^e 
Ur\iver3ity. Suqday-sc]:\ools ar\d Bible-classes frequently support or\e or - rqare stu- 
derits ir\ tt^is -Way. 

For tl[e salaries of our twerity-six officers a^d instructors,, tl~iere is r^o special 
provisiori. Tl\e surq of $400 "Will cover tlie salary ar^d board of a plurality of our 
teacl^ers; $800, $1,200, ar\d Upv^^ards, tl^e salaries of otl^er instructors ar\d officers. 
It is Irjoped ttiat sorqe c]:\Urc]ries ar\d ir\dividUals "Will be found ^^lilling to assurne tl^e 
entire expense of a teacl\er or professor. SUiqs of $8,000 to $30,000 \\'ould perrqa- 
qently endo^ tt^e aboVe-rqentioned salaries. Endov^rqents to tlqe anqount of $300,000 
would perrqanently provide for all of our present -worK- Donations rqay be reiqitted, 
or enquiries addressed, to. rey. H0RB.CE BUMSTEfiD, D. D., 

President of Atlanta University, 

Atlanta, Ga. 




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VRRK BUILDINGS. 

Oft did tl^e tiarvest to tljeir sicl^le yield, 

Ttieir furrow oft tiie stubborn glebe l\as broKe ; 
Hew jocurid did tt^ey drive tirieir teairi afield I 

Ho^ bo-wed tl:\e woods bei\eatt| tl)eir sturdy strode 1 

THOMflS GRAY, 



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